EP1857303A2 - Appareil de détection de défauts pneumatiques utilisant un capteur piézo et son procédé - Google Patents

Appareil de détection de défauts pneumatiques utilisant un capteur piézo et son procédé Download PDF

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EP1857303A2
EP1857303A2 EP07000707A EP07000707A EP1857303A2 EP 1857303 A2 EP1857303 A2 EP 1857303A2 EP 07000707 A EP07000707 A EP 07000707A EP 07000707 A EP07000707 A EP 07000707A EP 1857303 A2 EP1857303 A2 EP 1857303A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/06—Signalling devices actuated by deformation of the tyre, e.g. tyre mounted deformation sensors or indirect determination of tyre deformation based on wheel speed, wheel-centre to ground distance or inclination of wheel axle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/06—Signalling devices actuated by deformation of the tyre, e.g. tyre mounted deformation sensors or indirect determination of tyre deformation based on wheel speed, wheel-centre to ground distance or inclination of wheel axle
    • B60C23/065—Signalling devices actuated by deformation of the tyre, e.g. tyre mounted deformation sensors or indirect determination of tyre deformation based on wheel speed, wheel-centre to ground distance or inclination of wheel axle by monitoring vibrations in tyres or suspensions

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  • the present invention relates to a tire defect sensing apparatus using a piezo sensor and a method of the same, and more particularly, to a tire defect sensing apparatus using a piezo sensor and a method of the same capable of sensing an abnormal state of a tire and informing a driver thereof, when different waveforms are sensed by frequently checking a vibration state of a tire at the time of traveling at high speed by a piezo sensor.
  • a vehicle has at least four wheels that are positioned at front left and right and rear left and right of the vehicle.
  • the wheel is constituted by a tire, a rim on which the tire is mounted, and nave or wheel disc for joining the rim to the wheel hub.
  • a main purpose of the wheel with a tire is to share a part of the entire weight of a vehicle and to support the vehicle, and to withstand torque generated when driving and braking the vehicle, impact from the road surface, centrifugal force generated when the vehicle turns, and the weight of the vehicle when the vehicle leans to one side.
  • a main purpose of the tire is to absorb the impact from the road surface while the vehicle travels and to reduce the slippage of the vehicle on the road surface when the vehicle brakes, drives, and turns, wherein the tire is fixed onto the rim of the wheel so that they is integrally rotated.
  • the conventional wheel for the vehicle can not sufficiently perform the forgoing functions when the air pressure of the tire is lowered slowly or rapidly so that the air pressure of the tire must be supplemented.
  • the forgoing functions as well as even the most basic functions can not be performed so that the vehicle can not be used until the tire is repaired or exchanged.
  • the present invention is proposed to solve the problems in a prior art as described above. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tire defect sensing apparatus and sensing method using an inexpensive piezo sensor and method of the same, which can continuously sense tire vibration when a vehicle travels at high speed and inform a driver of the reduction in the air pressure of a tire, a puncture in a tire, a symptom of a puncture in a tire as soon as possible.
  • a tire defect sensing apparatus using a piezo sensor of the present invention for use in a vehicle having a left front wheel and a right front wheel and a left rear wheel and a right rear wheel, comprising: piezo sensor units each attached to any one portion of suspension units disposed on the front wheels and the rear wheels of the vehicle, respectively, to make it possible to obtain electrical signals in response to vibration; a vehicle electronic control unit receiving the detected information from each of the piezo sensor units to compare and judge the detected information; and an alarm means connected to the vehicle electronic control unit to inform a driver of the information therefrom.
  • the piezo sensor unit is provided in a damping unit of the suspension units.
  • the piezo sensor unit may be provided in a suspension arm of the suspension units.
  • a tire defect sensing method using a piezo sensor of the present invention comprising the steps of: when a rear wheel follows up the progressing position of a front wheel by comprising piezo sensor units each attached to suspension units disposed on a left front wheel and a right front wheel and a left rear wheel and a right rear wheel, respectively, to make it possible to obtain electrical signals in response to vibration, detecting the vibration of the front wheel when the front wheel passes by any position A by a piezo sensor unit for sensing the vibration of the front wheel; detecting the vibration of the rear wheel when the rear wheel passes any position A by the piezo sensor unit for sensing the vibration of the rear wheel; calculating the detected vibration of the front wheel and the detected vibration of the rear wheel so as to compare and judge therebetween in an electronic control unit; and informing a driver that the compared and judged calculation value of the detected vibration of the front wheel does not conform to the compared and judged calculation value of the detected vibration of the rear wheel, by an alarm means.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view for explaining an installation example of a tire defect sensing apparatus according to the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a wheel suspension apparatus showing an installation state of the tire defect sensing apparatus according to the present invention.
  • each of the piezo sensor units 20 is attached to any one portion of suspension units 10 disposed on the front wheels and the rear wheels of the vehicle, respectively, to make it possible to obtain electrical signals in response to vibration.
  • the tire defect sensing apparatus using the piezo sensor comprises a vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) 30 receiving the detected information from each of the piezo sensor units 20 to compare and judge the detected information and an alarm means 40 connected to the vehicle electronic control unit 30 to inform a driver of calculation information when necessary.
  • ECU vehicle electronic control unit
  • the piezo sensor unit 20 is most preferably attached to the suspension units 10 near the tier. However, the piezo sensor unit 20 may be attached to a suspension arm 11 as shown in FIG. 1 and to a damping unit 12 as shown in FIG. 3.
  • 50 is an existing used speedometer and 60 is a tire.
  • the piezo sensor unit 20 comprises a piezo sensor using a piezo effect, and can be considered as a completed component comprising a sensor and a metal case for protecting the sensor.
  • the piezo effect refers to the phenomenon that if an element is subject to force, it is transformed to generate voltage and to the contrary, if the element is applied with voltage, it is moved or generates force, as is generally known. In other words, it indicates a mutual conversion effect of a mechanical effect and an electrical effect and is referred to as a piezoelectric effect. And, as elements generating the piezoelectric effect, there may be a variety of elements, such as crystal, tourmaline, ceramic, barium titanic acid, and the like. These elements are produced to be transacted as a single part.
  • Each of piezo sensor units is attached to suspension units 10 disposed on a left front wheel and a right front wheel and a left rear wheel and a right rear wheel of a vehicle, respectively, to make it possible to obtain electrical signals in response to vibration transferred from each of the wheels.
  • suspension units 10 disposed on a left front wheel and a right front wheel and a left rear wheel and a right rear wheel of a vehicle, respectively, to make it possible to obtain electrical signals in response to vibration transferred from each of the wheels.
  • the rear wheel In general, when the vehicle travels at any speed, the rear wheel always follows up the front wheel.
  • the vehicle when the vehicle travels at any speed, it first grasps a traveling speed value and then judges whether or not the piezo sensor units should be operated.
  • the vibration of the left front wheel is sensed by the piezo sensor unit 20 for sensing the vibration of the left front wheel and then immediately, the vibration of the left rear wheel is sensed by the piezo sensor unit 20 for sensing the vibration of the left rear wheel.
  • the vibration of the right front wheel is sensed by the piezo sensor unit 20 for sensing the vibration of the right front wheel and then immediately, the vibration of the right rear wheel is sensed by the piezo sensor unit 20 for sensing the vibration of the right rear wheel.
  • Each vibration value sensed as above is transferred to the electronic control unit 30 of the vehicle.
  • the electronic control unit 30 compares and judges the vibration values at the same position. As a result, when the vibration values are in the range of the same value, the electronic control unit 30 does not issue an alarm and when the calculation value of any one of the left and the right vibration values is out of the range of the same value, the electronic control unit 30 informs a driver of it through the alarm means 40.
  • the driver previously receives information on the different air pressure of the tires of the front and rear wheels and further receives the abnormal symptoms of the tire, such as a puncture in a tire or a breakage of a tire caused due to the different air pressure and the like so that he or she can take safe measures.

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